Comment Re:Haha... (Score 1) 5
How exactly is it an earthquake?
Submission + - DOD to Share Threat Data with Critical Industries
Hugh Pickens writes: "The Washington Post reports that for the past two years, the Defense Department has been collaborating with critical industries to stem the loss of important defense industry data — by some estimates at least $100 billion worth in the past two years, reflecting the cost to produce the data and its value to adversaries and the Pentagon is considering ways to share its threat data with other industries, including telecommunications and Internet service providers, that handle vastly larger amounts of data, including phone calls and private e-mails. The threat scenarios, experts say, are chilling: a months-long blackout of much of the United States, wide-scale corruption of electronic banking data, a disabling of the air traffic control system. The Defense Department's Cyber Crime Center is the clearinghouse for the threat data from the National Security Agency, military agencies, the DHS and industry. The goal of the program is swifter, more coordinated response to threats facing the defense industry but the Pentagon's trial program with industry illuminates the promise and the pitfalls of such partnerships: a reluctance of intelligence and law enforcement agencies to release threat data they consider classified and the companies' fear of losing control over personal or proprietary information. "This isn't just about national security," says Barbara Fast, vice president of Boeing Cyber Solutions. "It's about the economic well-being of the United States.""
Submission + - North Korea conducts nuclear test (reuters.com) 5
viyh writes: "North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Monday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a ruling party official as saying.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded by the USGS in North Korea.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has called an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers over the test, Yonhap said."
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded by the USGS in North Korea.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has called an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers over the test, Yonhap said."
Submission + - Space shuttle Atlantis lands safely in California (cnet.com)
viyh writes: "The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth on Sunday, after two days of landing delays caused by bad weather at the end of 13-day mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope.
The shuttle touched down at the Edwards Air Force base in California.
The astronauts installed a new camera, replaced batteries and fixed instruments on the 19-year-old Hubble telescope, repairs that scientists hope will keep it in good working order for at least another five years."
The shuttle touched down at the Edwards Air Force base in California.
The astronauts installed a new camera, replaced batteries and fixed instruments on the 19-year-old Hubble telescope, repairs that scientists hope will keep it in good working order for at least another five years."
Submission + - Space Shuttle Atlantis Home After Hubble Repairs (go.com) 1
viyh writes: "Space Shuttle Atlantis came in for a safe landing today at Edwards Air Force Base in California, delayed for two days by bad weather in Florida but little the worse for wear.
"Welcome home, Atlantis," called mission control in Houston. "Congratulations on a very successful mission."
Shuttle commander Scott Altman answered, "Thank you, Houston. That was a thrill from start to finish."
It was the end of perhaps the highest-profile shuttle mission since NASA resumed flying after the 2003 Columbia disaster. It included five complicated spacewalks — lasting more than 36 hours, all told — to replace or repair nine critical Hubble telescope components."
"Welcome home, Atlantis," called mission control in Houston. "Congratulations on a very successful mission."
Shuttle commander Scott Altman answered, "Thank you, Houston. That was a thrill from start to finish."
It was the end of perhaps the highest-profile shuttle mission since NASA resumed flying after the 2003 Columbia disaster. It included five complicated spacewalks — lasting more than 36 hours, all told — to replace or repair nine critical Hubble telescope components."
Submission + - Youtube hits 20hrs of video uploaded every minute (youtube.com)
viyh writes: "Youtube has finally hit 20 hours of video being uploaded every minute. That works out to over 3 years of video per day!
"In mid-2007, six hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. Then it grew to eight hours per minute, then 10, then 13. In January of this year, it became 15 hours of video uploaded every minute, the equivalent of Hollywood releasing over 86,000 new full-length movies into theaters each week. Now, 20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and it is a testament to the fact that you've made YouTube your online video home.""
"In mid-2007, six hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. Then it grew to eight hours per minute, then 10, then 13. In January of this year, it became 15 hours of video uploaded every minute, the equivalent of Hollywood releasing over 86,000 new full-length movies into theaters each week. Now, 20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and it is a testament to the fact that you've made YouTube your online video home.""
Bookmark Wanna shoplift and not get caught? Hereâ(TM)s how courtesy of the SF Chroni (unewsual.com)
Feed Palm plays catch-up with Linux-based OS (slashdot.org)
In a long-anticipated move, Ed Colligan, president and CEO of Palm, Inc., told investment analysts this week that the company plans to release Linux-based mobile devices by the end of the year. Reaction from the mobile computing community ranged...
Feed Retinal implant learns to polish the picture (pheedo.com)
Submission + - JPL satelite to monintor carbon output and input
An anonymous reader writes: I recently attend a lecture put on by the Orbiting Carbon Observatory group at JPL explaining the purpose of their mission. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (or OCO, a play on the CO2's linear molecular form O-C-O) is scheduled to launch in December of 2008 to monitor global CO2 emissions and sinks. I can't help but wonder if this is just a funding grab since it focuses exclusively on CO2 (unlike the Japanese GoSat), a political grab to prove The Kyoto Protocal one way or another or a genuine attempt to get a greater understanding of our impact on the climate.
Feed You Might Want To Get Record Labels' Permission Before Selling 'Legal' DRM-Free (techdirt.com)
Michael Robertson's back in the news again, with his latest business idea that thumbs its nose at record labels. Robertson's got quite the track record in this space. First, with MP3.com, he built a service that digitized thousands of CDs people could listen to over the web. The company made it "legal" by only allowing people to listen to songs for which they showed they had a physical CD by putting the CD into their computer and registering it with the service. Unsurprisingly, the labels disagreed, and won a copyright-infringement case against the company. A few years later in 2005, he set up MP3Tunes.com, a site to sell unprotected MP3s. Unsurprisingly, none of the labels wanted anything to do with the venture, so it launched without any compelling content for sale. He then revamped the music-locker idea, hired DVD Jon to drum up some publicity, and launched it as part of MP3Tunes. Robertson had been quiet for a little while, but popped up again this week with the launch of AnywhereCD, a site selling full-length albums as unprotected MP3s. The site didn't look particularly promising because it had a pretty narrow selection, but it looks like it could be getting even narrower, as apparently Robertson didn't have permission from Warner Music to sell its content without copy protection, and the label wants it pulled from the site. Given Robertson's history, you'd think he'd be pretty mindful of this sort of thing, but then again, he's never been averse to the publicity-via-lawsuit PR technique. Perhaps what's a little more disappointing is that he's offered up new business models to the music industry, and gets met with lawsuits, rather than any interest. If users can still rip their own CDs to MP3s, why force them to buy the physical copy to get the digital version they really want?
